Healing Grief & Trauma: Angela Skudin on Ibogaine, Psychedelics & First Responders
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02/14/25 • 45 min
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After finding healing from years of chronic illness, Angela Skudin’s world was shattered by the sudden loss of her husband, Casey.
Instead of numbing the pain with sedatives, she turned to ibogaine therapy, a powerful plant medicine known for its ability to help process trauma and break destructive cycles. Through ibogaine, she was able to truly feel her grief, process it, and begin to heal.
In Part 2 of this conversation, Angela shares how psychedelics not only helped her personally but also inspired her to help first responders access real healing through the Casey Skudin 343 FUND. She and Dr. Heather Heck also discuss how Big Pharma profits from limiting human healing—and why alternative approaches are often kept out of reach.
🌀 "Once you find something like [these healing modalities or] ibogaine, you want to share these with everybody. You want everyone to feel the freedom you're feeling."
🎧 Tune in for an eye-opening conversation about grief, trauma, and the power of plant medicine.
🔗 GIVE to 343 FUND: https://343fund.org/donate/
THANK YOU for supporting first responders and their healing!
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After finding healing from years of chronic illness, Angela Skudin’s world was shattered by the sudden loss of her husband, Casey.
Instead of numbing the pain with sedatives, she turned to ibogaine therapy, a powerful plant medicine known for its ability to help process trauma and break destructive cycles. Through ibogaine, she was able to truly feel her grief, process it, and begin to heal.
In Part 2 of this conversation, Angela shares how psychedelics not only helped her personally but also inspired her to help first responders access real healing through the Casey Skudin 343 FUND. She and Dr. Heather Heck also discuss how Big Pharma profits from limiting human healing—and why alternative approaches are often kept out of reach.
🌀 "Once you find something like [these healing modalities or] ibogaine, you want to share these with everybody. You want everyone to feel the freedom you're feeling."
🎧 Tune in for an eye-opening conversation about grief, trauma, and the power of plant medicine.
🔗 GIVE to 343 FUND: https://343fund.org/donate/
THANK YOU for supporting first responders and their healing!
About this Podcast
☕ Fuel the Conversation! Loving the podcast? If you’d like to send a little cup of coffee my way in gratitude (and to keep me going!), I’d truly appreciate it. Because it’s the little things...
Consider subscribing so you never miss a weekly episode!
You can also find my videos on YouTube.
Previous Episode
From Chronic Illness to True Healing: Angela Skudin’s Journey with Alternative Medicine
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For years, Angela Skudin battled debilitating health issues. Diagnosed with Morgellons disease in 2018, she endured excruciating symptoms and turned to Western medicine for help—only to find treatments that were ineffective, financially devastating, and, in some cases, made her condition worse.
Desperate for relief, Angela explored alternative medicine, trying everything from bee venom therapy to Kambo—but it wasn’t until she discovered psychedelics that she experienced true healing. For the first time, she could sleep, she no longer needed back surgery, and her body began to truly recover.
This personal transformation inspired Angela to pay it forward, founding the Casey Skudin 343 FUND, a nonprofit that provides first responders with access to holistic healing resources. These heroes give so much and often struggle with PTSD and trauma, yet many have nowhere to turn for real healing. Angela is on a mission to change that.
🌀 “You’ve got to feel it to heal it. Sit with it, then let it go.”
🎧 Listen to Part 1 of this powerful conversation on Holistic Health with Dr. Heather Heck!
🔗 GIVE to 343 FUND
THANK YOU for supporting first responders and their healing!
About this Podcast
☕ Fuel the Conversation! Loving the podcast? If you’d like to send a little cup of coffee my way in gratitude (and to keep me going!), I’d truly appreciate it. Because it’s the little things...
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Therapy, Supplements & Dieting Didn’t Heal My Anxiety—But This Did
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🎙️The Camera Kept Rolling—A Behind-the-Scenes Conversation on True Healing
Some moments aren’t meant for the spotlight, but they’re often the most powerful.
This episode wasn’t planned. It’s a raw, unfiltered conversation between me and my publicist—caught when the camera was supposed to be off. But after my life-changing journey with ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT, everything has shifted.
💬 "I could've done counseling for 30 years, taken all the supplements, eaten as clean as possible, exercised—but nothing in my 42 years of life could've given me the healing and peace that I (now) have."
In this episode, I open up about:
✨ The Ibogaine Glow – Why this transformation isn’t just a moment, but a whole new way of being
🧘 How I’m Sustaining the Shift – The daily practices keeping me grounded: nutrition, yoga, meditation, breath-work
🌍 A New Lens on Life – Letting go of stress, embracing what truly matters
This is real healing. No script. No filters. Just the truth about what happens when you finally break free.
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About this Podcast
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